An Austin Fire Department arson investigator has been charged with four crimes — sexual assault, another felony and two misdemeanors — and was booked Wednesday into the Travis County Jail, according to court records. Lt. Marcus Reed is accused of using his position as a law enforcement officer to lure a woman into his city-owned truck in March and assaulting her.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: American-Statesman

Bonnie Blystone made a call to the Ocean City-Wright Fire Department on the afternoon of Dec. 20. When the dispatcher answered, Blystone said it wasn’t a 911 call. It was a “personal dilemma,” she said. (It was) a floundering American flag atop at 25-foot flagpole located on my parent’s property next to their home,” she said in an email.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Northwest Florida Daily News

State regulators have released previously withheld details in reports filed by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. revealing the exact location of damaged transmission equipment found near the ignition points of the wildfires that ravaged Sonoma and Napa counties in October. The documents — including the precise address and specific types of damaged equipment — provide new information about the proximity of PG&E equipment to the origins of the deadly Oct.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a thief who stole $4,000 worth of firefighting gear out of the personal truck of a Mukilteo firefighter. The theft happened outside the firefighter’s home south of Lake Stevens early Tuesday morning. The man was seen on surveillance video attempting to break into other vehicles.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kiro7.com

A Malo man lost his home Wednesday evening when a chimney fire spread to the building’s roof before firefighters arrived. Ferry/Okanogan Fire Protection District #14 volunteers were dispatched to the home of Peter Tanis at 160 St. Peters Creek Road at 6:11 p.m., according to Curlew Fire Chief John Foster Fanning.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ferry County View